Key: G
Introduction:
G B
As I left my house, as I walked out today
Am Cm
Thought I walked out my marriage. Thought I walked out on grace
G Am C D
As the dawn it was breaking at the end of the street
Am C
I didn't know what would happen, didn't know what I'd see
G B
I saw two transit buses blocked the road on our side
Am Cm
Saw a couple of joggers who chanced to run by
G C D
Saw some soldiers come out and they mixed with the crowd
Am Cm
Tears came to my eyes we’re just walking around
Chorus
G D C G D C
And there’re so many people - Everybody is here!
G D C G
I saw the girls from the office
D C
I saw those guys from the street
G B
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
Em C G D G C G D
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines
Verse 2
G B
I saw a matron in white, her face lifted to heaven
Am Cm
Saw nuns on their knees and some who were weeping
G Am C D
Saw a middle-aged man and government clerk
Am C
An Afromestizo held his rosary up
G B
I saw nobody leave, I didn’t feel fear or terror
Am Cm
It felt like a movie , like the end of an era
G Am C D
Nobody got hurt and nobody died
Am Cm
I’ll remember this day, I’ll remember this time
Chorus
G D C G D C
And there’re so many people - Everybody is here!
G D C G
I saw the girls from the office
D C
I saw those guys from the street
G B
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
Em C G D G C G D
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines
Verse 3
G B
As I turned on my walkman, and all I could hear -
Am Cm
Every station was Marcos, he’s on every TV
G Am C D
An appliance store window he fills every screen
Am C
Then the TVs went blank and his face disappeared
G
Then the darkness it thickened
B
There was no time for choices
Am Cm
Half blind I ran, I was guided by voices
G Am C D
When the choppers took off leaving Malacañang
Am Cm
We knew it was over knew it was the end
Chorus
G D C G D C
And there’re so many people - Everybody is here!
G D C G
I saw the girls from the office
D C
I saw those guys from the street
G B
You might think you are lost, but then you will find
Em C G D G C G
That god draws straight, but with crooked lines
Em C G D G
Yea, god draws straight, but with crooked lines